Graham Linehan visited by police again.....

You're not the only one. A thwarted narcissist is a very dangerous person, and there are going to be more and more of them about as the trans narrative starts to unravel.

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caro I am incensed at what you and your family are being put through

Caroline. Sorry to hear that the harassment is still ongoing. With regard to the lack of police action, have you spoken to your local MP and asked him or her to raise your case with the relevant Home Office Minister? Might give the police a kick up the backside.

I agree. Hate crime should be an aggravating factor not a crime in and of itself.

Saying “I hate Catholics they are all evil and ignorant” is NOT a hate crime and neither should it be.

Saying “I want to hurt you and bring tears to your eyes and make you suffer for being a Catholic **” - malicious comms/harassment with religious hatred being an aggravating factor.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’d be wary of getting g rid of hate crime legislation- it just needs to be applied with a dose of common sense.

Rather lacking just now...

I think I remember reading that Green had a close family connection in WYP, AAK

I’m not 100% sure on that though.

Such situations raise serious questions. How far can an individual make drastic changes in policy in a national service (police/teaching/government/NHS ) with no oversight or consensus?

Should we be aiming to agree with a more right-wing analysis that the entire concept of hate crime that the State has an interest in prosecuting is flawed?

This is a difficult one. I can see how hate crime legislation is being abused. But there first must be an actual crime, and that crime must be deemed driven by hate (is that right?) I think the problem is that what’s being reported isn’t a crime in the first place. Hate crime legislation isn’t designed to stop people having opinions others disagree with or upsetting people - it’s supposed to be about crimes.

If you slag off the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster online you’re not committing a hate crime.

If you burn down the church of the FSM you are committing a hate crime. A crime (arson) motivated by hate (of His Noodly Goodness.)

Better forewarned than taken by surprise though. Not that that's much comfort.

A thwarted narcissist is a very dangerous person

This.

You're not the only one.

Me too. But I have this frankly superstitious thing about expressing it out loud or even thinking it too loud.

Isn't Susie Green's ex a former higher up in that police force, Bowl?

This is worrying me too and not just Harrop. The TRA narrative is starting to fall apart, and the TRAs are getting angrier and angrier, and because the police don't give a shit things seem to be starting to escalate. I'm worried someone is actually going to get hurt.

You're not the only one. A thwarted narcissist is a very dangerous person, and there are going to be more and more of them about as the trans narrative starts to unravel.

This Week In Denunciations

I chuckled so hard I aggravated my sports injury. Thanks a bunch, Sophocles.

No that was the Lawyer™ Steph wozzername.

No; the other one last time. The one who believes themselves to be a lawyer.

Was he the reason the police visited last time @Glinner? I can’t remember.
If so, and it is found to be a waste of police time, would it not therefore be considered harassment?

I think we need a running thread on This Week In Denunciations. We could catch up on who's been caught in a wrong think, who needs a stint in the gulag, perhaps a look forward to people who are showing signs of breaking rank and who might need a bit of pre-emptive reeducation.

Glinner, I suspect that you would be a regular feature Well done on treating Harrop's tantrums with exactly the baffled lack of reaction they deserve.

Blimey, Glinner, it’s the gift that keeps on giving, this business Best wishes to you.

I do feel a bit upset about this - I suppose the youngsters would say I'm feeling triggered. Can this possibly be the way it looks? Of course I think it's OK for the police to pursue allegations of malicious communication, but this on the face of it doesn't seem understandable - as a pp said, surely the investigation could start with a review of the communication involved and whether it could be considered malicious?

I sat in my bedroom with furniture pushed up against the door and called 999 in fear of my life because a psychotic family member with a knife was downstairs, and was told to contact the mental health services, the police wouldn't come out to me. (They've since apologised). Resources are limited. Someone has to decide what gets prioritised and what gets studied. Who is making those decisions?

I've got no interest in 'flooding' the police with reports, I think that's daft. Should we be aiming to agree with a more right-wing analysis that the entire concept of hate crime that the State has an interest in prosecuting is flawed? I'm seeing the point right now, for sure.

Sandy. Brilliant as always, thanks

@glinner All the best to you and yours. The fecker is running scared. Cowardly Custard's and Many Companies' last stand.

I can only think that this is being pushed downwards onto the rank and file.

I would like to know by who.

And after the pointless police visit comes--the prosecution! How dare anyone oppress this dear man!

to Caroline and Glinner.

So sorry you are having such a hard time.

Caroline I cant believe yours has got to such an extent. Really shocking and hope police will do something

Fragile ego and a very unstable angry man. Not a good combo. He HATES women. I'd never want to be treated by someone like him - and a worry for me is he is so obsessed with this crusade (even though its massively damaging his career and he doesn't even have any 'skin in the game') that he must be on high alert to anyone, including patients, who are not en-pointe with the TRA-accepted language and suspect they are "transphobic".

Does he give those people his best standard of care?

Oh here some one brings up the carceral punishment thing on harrops tweet.

But then suggests sending people for ‘compelled education in transgender stuff’.